MATABELELAND, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- British broadcaster Sky News Wednesday criticized the jail sentences given to three of its drivers in Zimbabwe, where a court found them guilty of possessing broadcast equipment without authorization. 

Journalists read a newspaper in Zimbabwe, where freedom of the press is extremely limited. 

The men are all from Johannesburg, South Africa and were sentenced Tuesday, according to their attorney. 

"We deplore the harsh sentence given to the three South African drivers," a Sky News spokesman, who did not give his name, said in London. "We will be appealing and hope that the Zimbabwean justice system fully reappraises its decision." 

A court convicted Bernet Hasani Sono, Resemate Boy Chauke, and Simon Maodi on Monday in Matabeleland, the state-run newspaper Chronicle reported. 

The three men pleaded guilty to violating the Postal and Telecommunications Act but denied the truck and Sky News equipment were theirs, the state paper reported. 

The judge, John Masimba, said that despite denying ownership, possession of the equipment was still a violation of the act. Masimba said in the Chronicle that it would send the wrong signal if he did not punish the men. 

Sono and Maodi were additionally charged an extra six weeks in jail for violating a section of the Immigration Act after the two didn't show up to the Immigration authorities, their defense lawyer, Tawengwa Hara, said. The charge was minor but Hara said he would appeal the possession charge and the sentence. 

Zimbabwean police stopped the men during a routine check at a Mbalabala roadblock in the Matabeleland South province and found boxes containing the communication equipment. The men were unable to give a reason for possessing it and were arrested, Hara said.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where were the drivers?
2. How strict is freedom of the press, there?
3. Where were the drivers from?
4. When was their sentencing done?
5. Who criticized the sentences they were given?
6. Which country is Sky News from?
7. What were they found guilty of having?
8. Who will be appealing the sentences?
9. Who was one of the drivers convicted?
10. Did he plead guilty?
11. Who was the judge who presided?
12. Did he say that just having the stuff was still a crime?
13. Which two guys got extra time for missing an appointment?
14. Who was their attorney?
15. He's appealing, right?
16. Did the three guys tell the court the stuff wasn't theirs?
17. What did Judge Masimba say would happen if he didn't punish them?
18. Who did he tell that to?
19. Where were the three guys stopped at?
20. What was in the boxes the police found?
Answer: 1. Zimbabwe,
2. Extremely limited
3. South Africa
4. Tuesday
5. a Sky News spokesman,
6. unknown
7. possessing broadcast equipment
8. the  news man
9. Bernet Hasani Sono,
10. no
11. John Masimba
12. yes
13. Sono and Maodi
14. Tawengwa Hara
15. yes
16. YEs
17. Send the wrong signal
18. the Chronicle
19. Matabeleland South province
20. the communication equipment.

CHAPTER XXX 

FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go--he's a brat but he's lively." 

"I don't think the doctor can go," sedately. "He said something about having to make a country call this afternoon. But I'd love to." 

"That's dandy! Who can we get?" 

"Mrs. Dyer might be chaperon. She's been so nice. And maybe Dave, if he could get away from the store." 

"How about Erik Valborg? I think he's got lots more style than these town boys. You like him all right, don't you?" 

So the picnic of Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers was not only moral but inevitable. 

They drove to the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol's hat, dropped an ant down Fern's back, and when they went swimming (the women modestly changing in the car with the side curtains up, the men undressing behind the bushes, constantly repeating, "Gee, hope we don't run into poison ivy"), Dave splashed water on them and dived to clutch his wife's ankle. He infected the others. Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who came in the house in a hurry?
2. when?
3. was it late?
4. what month?
5. What was the excitement over?
6. why was that exciting?
7. was it because Fern wanted to have a spree before her arrest?
8. who attended the picnic?
9. was it immoral?
10. Who was the chaperone?
11. What was said about Erik?
12. where did the picnic take place?
13. what kind of grove?
14. was it a birch grove?
15. How was Mr. Dyer acting?
16. what did he do?
17. who's hat did he wear?
18. Who was the brat?
19. what did he do?
20. why?
Answer:
1. FERN Mullins
2. Saturday morning
3. no
4. September
5. picnic
6. unknown
7. School starts next Tuesday, maybe that's why
8. Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers
9. no
10. the Dyers
11. he's got lots more style than town boys
12. south shore of Lake Minniemashie
13. unknown
14. unknown
15. clownish
16. splashed water on them
17. Carol's
18. Cy Bogart
19. Cy climbed a tree
20. to throw acorns